This scene shows several activated T cells attacking rapidly dividing cancer cells of a growing tumor. The activation and proliferation of cytotoxic T cells are critical for immune-mediated tumor destruction. Recent scientific advances have reignited interest in the area of cancer immunotherapy.

Awesome viddeo explaining the way in which the antibody, HuLuc 63, appears to induce anti-tumor effects by binding to a protein that is only expressed on the surface of myeloma cells. This initiates antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity that kills myeloma cells and leaves healthy cells i...

Vaxil Biotherapeutics is developing a revolutionary new treatment for cancer called ImMucin.

ImMucin is a new type of drug called a therapeutic vaccine. A therapeutic vaccine harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight cancer.

A therapeutic vaccine teaches the body's immune system...

Learn about the differences between cancerous cells and healthy blood cells.

Fighting cancer can feel like fighting a ghost. But sometimes, all it takes is a shift in perspective to help us find the answers we've been looking for. Did you know that "cancer" is just a name for hundreds of different diseases? Makes diagnosis and treatment seem pretty tough. However, Clarient −

Poliovirus targets brain tumors at the Preston Robert Tisch Tumor Center at DukeDrs. Darell Bigner, Matthias Gromeier, John Sampson, Annick Desjardins, and Henry Friedman talk about the most exciting and promising new treatment for glioblastoma multiforme brain tumors. They are planning to test thi...

How do you make a working human heart? Scientists can turn stem cells into beating heart cells, but getting them to organize into a 3D heart requires a scaffold. At the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Harald Ott and his team are reusing the scaffold that nature provides. They're stripping...

CBS News clip showing how medicine is moving towards growing new parts from your own cells. Although research is still in the experimental stage, there are very positive signs that the procedure may soon become a reality.

Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, discusses his research on a new, immunotherapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer. Dr. Vonderheide is an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Abramson Cancer Center physicians Gregory Beatty, MD, PhD, and Peter O...

A 41-site clinical trial, testing the restorative effect that adult bone marrow stem cells have on damaged or injured myocardium in heart attack patients, is being led at Wake Forest Baptist by Sanjay Gandhi, MD.